Technorati and David Sifry – never say die
Posted by Joseph Thornley on August 18th, 2007
I use Technorati. And I use Google. Each is good for different things. As a blogger, Technorati still gives me a better indicator of who is linking to me. Yes, I think that Technorati’s notion of “Authority” is nothing more than popularity. And in my business I know that profit is not the same as success (success is much bigger and broader than simply being profitable.) But, it’s still the best, most available indicator to me of whether my blog is having any influence, as measured by the people who think enough of my posts that they link to them.
So, as a tribute to Technorati’s relevance, I offer this set of links to posts about David Sifry’s departure from Technorati – as recorded by Technorati at 8:26 PM on August 17.
TechCrunch is less than sympathetic
alarm:clock posits several theories for what happened
Jason Calacanis’ assessment from a person who has been there done that.
Mathew Ingram‘s perspective
Brian Oberkirch gets the last word.
